Inspirational burns survivor Turia Pitt reveals new career move after being forced to change her life as she was 'pushing her own needs aside'

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Burns survivor Turia Pitt has launched her new book.
The Aussie athlete, who was tragically caught in a grassfire while competing in a 100km ultra-marathon in 2011, has released her latest project titled Selfish, which examines 'how to unlearn the rules that are breaking you'.
Taking to Instagram on Wednesday, the 37-year-old revealed that she thought the word 'selfish' was in need of a rebrand, encouraging people to empower themselves and take the right measures to avoid burnout.
'We're told that being selfish is bad. That we should always think of others, put everyone else first, push our own needs aside,' she wrote in the post's caption.
'I bought into that story. And it led me straight to burnout. This is the book I wish I had during that time.'
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She went on to say that she wrote the book for people who have ever felt 'stretched too thin, lost, or like you're living by someone else's rules.'
Selfish, which is Turia's fifth book, is set to hit shelves in October but can be pre-ordered now.
In 2023, it was revealed that the much-anticipated movie about Pitt starring Home and Away actress Tammin Sursok had stalled.
In 2019, Tammin announced she was set to play the courageous athlete who sustained horrific burn injuries to 64 percent of her body in a wildfire 14 years ago.
But Turia told The Daily Telegraph that further talks with the US-based actress had been put off.
'That was on the cards but not at the moment,' the mother of two said of the proposed biopic.
She added: 'It is not something that is at the top of my priority list. Every day, I am not like, ''let's try and get this movie made''. I am not doing that at all.'
'Whether or not a film gets made, I don't really think it is in my control.
'I think I would be (involved),' she said. 'That would be really weird if someone made a movie and I just saw it on the TV. That would be quite strange.'
In 2011, Turia survived against the odds after getting caught in a wildfire while competing in an ultramarathon in Western Australia.
The Celebrity Apprentice star was left with horrific burns and later became a motivational speaker.
In 2023, she opened up about the aftermath of the tragedy 11 years on, and said she 'wanted to die' during the early stages of her hospitalisation.
Fortunately, Turia found the will to live and she went on to become a successful motivational speaker who has shared her story with thousands of people.
Meanwhile, Sursok is best known to viewers for her role as the character of Dani Sutherland in Home in Away.
The South African-born Australian star appeared in the iconic soap from 2000 to 2004.
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